Featuring Jane Lenoir (flute), Harvey Wainapel (clarinet), Carlos Oliveira (7-string Brazilian guitar) and Brian Rice (percussion), Berkeley Choro Ensemble celebrates the music of Brazil, with a special emphasis on the choro genre, a style fusing the music of Brazil's European immigrants and that of Brazil's indigenous and African-Brazilian population. In particular, the choro sound is somewhat akin to a combination of European classical music, ragtime, and blues. The choro style influenced Brazil's most famous classical composer, Heitor Villa Lobos.
